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1) (music for) a kind of quick, lively dance; an apparatus that holds a piece of work and guides the tools that are used on it (jig)

2) all the equipment (especially clothing) of a soldier, sportsman or traveller; the tools needed by a worker (kit)

3) iron mixed with carbon or other elements, used to make knives, tools etc; to harden (oneself) in order to do something (steel)

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Meaning:
apparatus

a set of tools, instruments or equipment put together for a purpose

equipment with a purpose

gear

a set of toothed wheels working together in a machine, e.g. to connect the engine of a vehicle with the road wheels

equipment

kit

all the equipment (especially clothing) of a soldier, sportsman or traveller; the tools needed by a worker

provisions, equipment

tackle

a set of ropes and pulleys for lifting weights etc; equipment for doing something; to deal with (a problem, a piece of work)

equipment for activity

TOOLS as in Wiktionary
TOOLS as in Wikipedia